Improvement in seeding-machines



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Leners Patent No. 112541, dated' Meran, 1871. y y,

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. j".l2"1ie` chux1`-le` referred toxin theseLetters Patent and ma'king part of the same.

To all whom tracy conce/rat.- f i p A Be it known that 1,".IoHN El; BUXTON, of Owatonna,-in the countyofteele audState of Minnesota,

` have invented a new and improved Seeding-Machine andI do `hereby declarethe following to be' a full, clear, andfexact descriptiouthereof', which will .enable others skilled'in.` the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the` same, reference be-l ing had "to, the accompanying" drawings forming lpart oi this specification, in which-` l Y 4 Figure 1 is a detail vertical l longitudinal section of aseediug-m'lchine auljusdfor1 operation asa graindrill. y n

'Figure 2 is asimilar viewfof the machine adjusted du',sowing-broadoast.` Figure?) is applaniview ofthe perforated oscillatory bar, bywhchthe machine is `converted either into a grain-drill' or broadcast seeder, at the will of the operator. .y .p p

. Similar letters of reference' `indicate corresponding `partsin` .the several iigures of the drawings y `My.invention` has for its objectto improve themeans for converting a seeding-machine either into a grain-drill or broadcast `seeder, at the will of the operatoawhereby graincairbeput,into the 'ground inA drillsor sown broadcast, as circumstances may'reqnire. To thiseud` Inconsists in` a perforated bar, interposed between thc hopper of the machined-ndi the upper ends of the "drill and broadcast spouts in such a manner 'that it can be-Jturned `in its bearings to direct the grain either into the drill-spouts or broadcast spouts, at 'the will .ofiv the operator.

1n the drawingsd L l l A is the frame-work `otthe machine, to which the plows, hoes, o`r eultivator-teeth a1e attached in the .It maybe mounted upon wheels,

*B is the seed-hopper, placedt-rausversely upon the `i'ame,aud.provided `with holes@` through thev bottom,

at such a distanccapart .as it lsdesied to have -be- `beneath the hopper," in `inclined ,positions alternately to thefrout and rear, as shown, and arranged to regis- .ter with the holes in the `bottom of the hopper.

yiD are broadcastaspouts,alsdarrangcd :heueaththe u .hopper transversely ofthe frame, and inclined to the .the hopper.

front.' Their upper ends are widened to vreceive the seed from the hopper. p u

These devices arenot newfas'abo'eeeomhiued, and do not, therefore, constitute my present invention.

E "is a bar, oif'wood'or metal, placdtransversely'of' the frame A, between the bottom of` the hopper and the upper ends ol' the drill-spouts andbroadcast spouts. VIt is humar in bearings, F, in the sides ofthe `frame, in such a manner as to be capable of oscillatory motion.

This bar is provided with a series ofitransverse' pertoration s, G, ot' the form' of an inverted frustum of cone, or wider at the top than at the bottom, and

adapted to register withthe holes in the bottom of A When the bar E is turned to occupy the position shown in lig. 1, it guides the seed from' the hopper `into the drill-spouts, to be drilled into the ground;

and whcn'thrown into the position showuin iig. 2, the the seed is guided to the spoutsD, to be sown broadcast; l The bar E may be turned in its bearings `by any suitable means.

x In-this example `of my invention a. pendentwleverarm, H, is ailixed to one of the' journals of the bar, p and is moved forward and backward, to change the posip tion of the vbarnith respect to the drill and broadcast spo uts,being limited in its movements by' pins orstops 'aixed to the sides of the frameA.

Byrtheuse of the perforated oscillatory bar a seed-` ing-machine can be converted, at will, either into'a drill or` broadcast seeder with the utmost expedition.

Y Having thus described myinvention,

. Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters 1 Patent, is-

1. The `perforated bar E, interposed between the l bottom of the hopper and the spouts C D, and-adapted `to be turned in its bearings to directfthe seed from the hopper through `the holes G, either to the drillspouts or broadcast spouts, substantially as described, for the purpose speciiied.' i J 2. The perforatedoscillatory-bar E, in combinationN with the dril'l-spouts- C and broadcast spouts D, substantially as` described, for the purpose specified'.`

. J. E. BUXTON. Witnesses:

M. M. SILsBnE, C. HonsmMANN. 

